Archive for April, 2011
Obesity in Children- BMI Calculator in all health related website is a must
Television and Obesity in Children. Media Use And Obesity Among Children
Children and teens spend more time like 50 hours per week in front of computer, television, and game screens than any other physical activity in their lives except sleeping said Kaiser Family Foundation in 2005.
Around 30 % of children between ages 6 to 11 are overweight and 15% are obese. For teens between ages 12 to 19, the rate is almost the same. 33.4% overweight and 15.5% obese said American Obesity Association in 2006. Further the incidence of Type II diabetes in children, the diabetes linked with obesity has increased significantly in the past few decades.
Tags: american obesity association, bmi calculator, computer television, game screens, johns hopkins university, kaiser family foundation, national cancer institute, obesity among children, obesity in children, type ii diabetes
Women Empowerment Programs
Women Empowerment Programs
Abstract:
The empowerment of women is one of the central issues in the process of development of countries all over the world. Tamil Nadu has a glorious tradition of recognizing the importance of empowering women over several centuries. Self reliance as well as speeding women’s freedom of selection by themselves. Some adherents consider empowerment as increasing the participation which is one of the factors of facilitating the empowerment. The present paper is based on women’s empowerment programs and its implementation and utilizations. The paper concludes the details of woman’s empowerment in some specific challenges faced by the women according to the effective utilization of empowerment program.
Introduction
Tags: abdul kalam, dr a p j abdul kalam, empowerment programs, glorious tradition, program introduction, resource waste, self discipline, self reliance, true development, world tamil